Orlando Landrum is a pain specialist serving South Bend, IN, and Elkhart, IN through his Cutting Edge Integrative Pain Centers. He also treats patients in all areas of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan via telemedicine. As a new clinical advisor for Lin Health, Dr. Landrum sat down with the Lin Health team to discuss his alternatives and approaches for pain management. Let’s see what he had to say.
The world of medicine is constantly changing and evolving. Drugs that were once thought to only be useful for one thing have been found to be effective in treating other ailments. One of those drugs that have been found to treat more ailments than the one they were originally created for is ketamine. Originally used as an anesthetic on battlefields and operating rooms, ketamine is now showing promise as a treatment for major depression, neuropathic pain from cancer treatment, and more. Let’s take a deeper look at how ketamine infusion treatments can help those struggling with mental health issues or chronic pain. (more…)